Turn left and talk about your feelings.

Quite often the same rule, or subject, is reported as incorrect due to people having assumptions about the rules. What are common misconceptions you find?

Two I get a lot:

Assuming Cutting the Track rules apply when returning from the penalty box (they don't, meaning if there's a No Pack you can hop on the track anywhere).

Assuming a ref doesn't need to issue an Out of Play warning before the penalty. Because everyone "knows" a ref doesn't need to issue a warning, they skip over the fact a Failure the Reform is issued for ignoring a warning, so one must be given. Same for False Starts.

Posted 5 years ago

Sausage RollerPosts: 114

Ooh, another classic: Initiation! If I'm barrelling down the inside and somebody moves into my established path and I back-clock them unavoidably, I don't get a penalty because they initiated it. Same for clockwise.

It seems every game somebody initiates, then gets mad that a penalty wasn't called on the opponent.